Books. Grades K-6. How Mother Nature Collection. This is a book by Tom ... both
English and Spanish about the power of kids and trees to change the world.
Books Grades K-6 How Mother Nature Collection This is a book by Tom Schwartz, Reagent Press, Publisher. How Mother Nature Flowered. The Fields of Earth and Mars is a collection of three original Mother Nature stories: Flowering Fields of Earth; Saving Flowering Fields; and Flowering Mars! This collection is recommended for young readers transitioning from picture books. Children's Environmental Literature The updated Children's Environmental Literature Bibliography is now available on the Web, providing a reading list for early childhood providers and to help teacher's meet the requirements of the No Child Left Behind legislation. Marcie the Marvelous Tree: An Autobiography Marcie is a tree, planted in 1987 and was the inspiration for the founding of Tree Musketeers. "Marcie the Marvelous Tree: An Autobiography" is a touching yet educational children's book in both English and Spanish about the power of kids and trees to change the world. In her story, Marcie talks about standing in the nursery fearing that no one would want her, the horrors of being vandalized, and how trees and humans help each other. "Pee Wee's Family in a Nutshell" by Larraine Roulston The third book in the children's adventure series in composting, tells the tale of the endearing little red wiggler and friends who have adventures with composting. It follows "Pee Wee and the Magical Compost Heap" and "Pee Wee's Great Adventure: a guide to Vermicomposting." Project Learning Tree Bookstore This is a website for purchasing educational environmentally conscious materials from children's books to bird feeders. The materials are sorted by activity and correspond to the newly revised PLT PreK-8 Activity Guide's "Reading Connections" sections. Tessa and the Fishy Mystery Tessa is a young girl who experiences changes in her environment and this leads to her working with her community in making simple changes to their lifestyle to return their environment to how it once was. 2004. 32pp. Theo and the Giant Plastic Ball The story of Theo and his quest to improve at football by making a ball out of discarded plastic bags, leading him to work with his community to maintain a cleaner, more healthy environment. 2005. 30 pp. Tree of Life: The Incredible Biodiversity of Life on Earth By Rochelle Strauss. Published by Kids Can Press. Tree of Life: the Incredible Biodiversity of Life on Earth (ages 8 and up) shows how living things are classified into five kingdoms -- and how each has much to tell us about all aspects of life on our planet. Awards include the ASPCA Henry Bergh Children's Book Award and the 2005 Skipping Stones Honor Award Winner (Ecology/Nature Books). It was also named a Green Earth Book Award Honor Book and named as one of the Best of the Best Books 2004, by the Chicago Public Libraries. 2004, 40 pp. ISBN 155337-669-2. $16.95
Grades 6-12 Biography of Conservation Pioneer Enos Mills
Filter Press announces a new biography, Enos Mills: Rocky Mountain Naturalist, by Colorado storyteller, outdoorsman, and award-winning author John Stansfield. Includes bonus sections providing detailed descriptions of the natural environments Mills explored and nature activities from his Trail School, perfect to enliven family outings. The Great Warming This new climate change film on DVD is a visually-stunning look at the science and impacts of climate change. The Great Warming also examines solutions adopted by communities, individuals, and schools. Suitable for ages 11 up. The film's website offers free copies (in class quantities) of Our Changing Climate, an illustrated 24-page booklet about climate change developed by NOAA, with chapters about Earth's dynamic climate system, how and why climate changes, the greenhouse effect, how climate models work, and what the future holds.
Resources for Environmental Literacy The National Science Teachers Association new title, Resources for Environmental Literacy, will help middle and high school teachers field tough questions about the environment. Teachers will be able to use this resource as a topic foundation, adding news stories and outside experiences as appropriate for their students. This is a supplementary text that helps build students' critical thinking and analytical skills on a current subject.
The Graduation Pledge The Graduation Pledge of Social and Environmental Responsibility states, "I pledge to explore and take into account the social and environmental consequences of any job I consider and will try to improve these aspects of any organizations for which I work." Students at over a hundred colleges and universities internationally have used the pledge. Start a campaign at your school. Contact:
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Teaching Green - The Middle Years: Hands-On Learning in Grades 6-8 Teaching Green is a complete "green" teaching resource for anyone working with young people in grades six to eight, whether inside or outside schools. The book contains over 50 of the best teaching strategies and activities contributed to Green Teacher magazine during the past decade -- all updated and revised for this special anthology.
College Level and Adults Trash Talk By Dave and Lillian Brummet. Trash Talk - an inspirational guide to saving time and money through better waste and resource management. Trash Talk is an environmental book that embarks on frugal and conscious living techniques for the individual. Focusing on reusing "waste" materials and reducing consumption of resources, it also validates individual worth in a hectic, expensive, environmentally stressed world. What's Fair Got to Do With It? This NAAEE publication, What's Fair Got to Do with It: Diversity Cases From Environmental Educators is a powerful professional development tool that presents cases that address the
challenges that arise when people who share goals, but not cultures, interact. Includes facilitator notes and commentary about each case.
All Ages Environment: An Interdisciplinary Anthology – This book provides a comprehensive view of environmental studies. The authors include case studies and show the contribution science, social science and humanities make in our relationship with the natural world. Everyone, including experts, can benefit from this book. Social Learning towards a Sustainable World This book presents and discusses key principles, perspectives, and practices of social learning in the context of sustainability, explored from a range of fields challenged by sustainability. Includes an entire section devoted to case studies of people, organizations, and communities using forms of social learning in moving towards sustainability. The Water Haulers Thirty-minute KNME-TV video about the plight of the Navajo Nation of 70,000, who have been waiting decades for running water and safe drinking water. Utah, Colorado, Arizona, and New Mexico surround the Navajo Nation and are most impacted by the Navajo Water Rights Settlement presented to the U.S. Congress in 2006. Purposeful Pathways The Greater Expectations Series, an initiative of the Association of American Colleges & Universities (AAC&U) released the final publication in the series Purposeful Pathways: Helping Students Achieve Key Learning Outcomes. This publication reports on practices from high school through college to advance four selected liberal education outcomes: inquiry, civic, global, and integrative learning. New Society EE Publications This website presents ideas, tools and methods to develop environmental awareness and sensitivity, as well as the tools to action in environmentally restorative ways.
Urban Options' "Sustainability Education Handbook". A resource guide for K-12 teachers incorporating the Michigan State Framework Standards.
